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GARY RICHARD MASON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 1, 1946 – September 14, 1969
Service recordGary Richard Mason, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 84
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Hendersonville, North Carolina (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 84
- JOSEPH VERNON MATHIASStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM MCLEODPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- PAUL WILLIAM MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PERSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EUGENE CHAMPAGNESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 81
- LARRY GLENN MARSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 83
- GALE STEWART PRITCHARDSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 85
From Hendersonville
- ARTHUR WAYNE WILKIESpecialist Four · January 16, 1967
- BILLY LEWIS STRICKLANDCorporal · January 24, 1968
- CHARLES LEE KINGSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL BAILEYSergeant · January 17, 1969
- ROBERT LAMAR JOHNSONSergeant · January 25, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.